An interview with Vicki Delany. We discuss her book, MURDER IN A TEACUP, which has been nominated for an Awards of Excellence in The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery category.
About the Author
Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S. She has written more than forty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals, to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy. She is currently writing four cozy mystery series: the Tea by the Sea mysteries for Kensington, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series for Crooked Lane Books, the Catskill Resort mysteries for Penguin Random House, and the Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates) for Crooked Lane.
Vicki is a past president of the Crime Writers of Canada and co-founder and organizer of the Women Killing It Crime Writing Festival. Her work has been nominated for the Derringer, the Bony Blithe, the Ontario Library Association Golden Oak, and the Arthur Ellis Awards. Vicki is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
An interview with Cathy Ace who has been shortlisted for the 2022 Awards of Excellence. Her book, THE CORPSE WITH THE IRON WILL has been nominated for The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada.
About the Author
Cathy Ace migrated from her native Wales to Canada at the age of 40. She is the award-winning author of the traditional Cait Morgan Mysteries featuring her Welsh Canadian criminology professor sleuth who travels the world tripping over corpses, which have now been optioned for TV. She also writes the cozier WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries featuring a quartet of female PIs who run their business out of a Welsh stately home. Both series have been well-reviewed. Her award-winning standalone, THE WRONG BOY, is a gripping novel of psychological suspense, set in Wales, and has also been optioned for TV.
Linwood Barclay discusses his novel, Find You First, which has been nominated for the Crime Writers Canada Awards of Excellence for Best Crime Novel.
About the Author
Linwood Barclay is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty previous novels, and two thrillers for children. His books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. He wrote the screenplay adaptation for his novel Never Saw it Coming and his book The Accident has been made into a TV series in France. His novel No Time for Goodbye was a global bestseller. A native of Connecticut, he now lives in Toronto with his wife, Neetha.
A conversation with Catherine Macdonald whose book SO MANY WINDINGS, has been nominated for The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery by Crime Writers Canada.
Hilary Davidson discusses her story WEED MAN, which has been nominated for Best Crime Short Story by Crime Writers Canada for the Awards of Excellence 2022. We also discus her other short stories, novellas and novels.
About the Author
Hilary Davidson was a journalist before she turned to the dark side and started writing crime fiction. Her novels include the award-winning Lily Moore series—The Damage Done, The Next One to Fall, and Evil in All Its Disguises—the bestselling Shadows of New York series—One Small Sacrifice and Don’t Look Down—and the standalone novels Blood Always Tells and Her Last Breath. She is also the author of some fifty short stories. Her fiction has won two Anthony Awards, a Derringer Award, and a host of other accolades. Toronto born and raised, she moved to New York City in October 2001. She is also the author of eighteen nonfiction books.
Charlotte Morganti discusses her story ALL MY DARLINGS published in the Die Laughing: An Anthology of Humorous Mysteries, which has been nominated for the Best Crime Short Story sponsored by Mystery Magazine.
About the Author
Charlotte is a retired lawyer and active member of the Canada West chapter of Sisters in Crime, a collegial group of writers of mostly crime fiction, and Crime Writers of Canada.
For the most part, she writes fiction (mysteries, both dark and light). Occasionally, She’ll write a personal essay or review.
Charlotte lives on the west coast of British Columbia, but was born and raised in Alberta.
Lorna Poplak talks about her book THE DON: The Story of Toronto's Infamous Jail, published by Dundurn Press and nominated by Crime Writers Canada for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book. About the author Born in South Africa, Lorna majored in law at university, but her love of the written word led her to study English literature and take an Honours degree in French. After a diploma in library science, Lorna moved to Canada and into the field of information technology. Then, as now, Lorna enjoyed exploring her new country by car, bike, and on foot. Lorna’s second non-fiction book, THE DON: The Story of Toronto’s Infamous Jail, was published by Dundurn Press in January 2021. In addition to bringing to light the facts behind its location and construction, THE DON is the saga of the people who have interacted with the historic jail during its one-hundred-and-fifty-plus years of existence – inmates, guards, governors, gangs, officials, and even a pair of star-crossed lovers. The Don’s early promise was never fulfilled. The book documents its tumultuous descent from palace to hellhole to its eventual shuttering and rebirth.
A Conversation with Byron TD Smith, who has been nominated for the Crime Writers Canada's Awards of Excellence for Best Crime First Novel. Windfall: A Henry Lysyk Mystery is his debut novel.
BC author, Jackie Elliott discusses her novel, Hell's Half Acre, which has been nominated for the Awards of Excellence Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery.
About the Author
Jackie is originally from the UK, but she settled on Vancouver Island, Canada in 2004. She’s married to Bob, a commercial fisherman and accomplished storyteller – like most fishermen!
It was a culture shock to swap a fast-paced city life for Island living. It wasn’t at all how Jackie had expected. She was intrigued by the pioneer spirit of their small communities, and the fight to hang on to traditional ways of living. In her experience, small towns ‘with a heart’ have claws and teeth as well and that makes the perfect back drop for a good murder!
Jackie is the author of the best-selling Coffin Cove Mystery series, set in an isolated fishing town on Vancouver Island.
She is also the author of “Sober Ever After”, her best -selling memoir and other non-fiction books.